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Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

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photos by [link] November 16th, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Simplicity is mostly a way to avoid looking like you’re releasing a product that lacks features. Adding features without making the product too complex creates real value for your customers and produces revenue for your company.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. He can help you determine whether to outsource development (locally or overseas) or build an inhouse team.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

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For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. Another tip (whether outsourcing or developing in-house, make sure you follow the “2-man&# rule, which means that you should have at least 2 people familiar with your code which gives you insurance in case one goes away or moves on.

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Recruiting Startup Engineers | Femgineer

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Sweat equity or salary? We engineers know that need to be agile in a startup and be able to scrap code and rebuild, but want we don’t want is to have a founder who manic or aimless.

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Passion as a Competitive Advantage

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November 19th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Software Development , Startups Building your startup? There is a home for people who are passionate about pretty much anything, you just need to find the partner/company/customer who is passionate about the same thing you are. Fred shows up tomorrow to install my new roof.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. They also avoid Reg D.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience. ► 2009. (78).